World Cup 2014: Dante not in Thiago Silva's league

Henry Winter explains why the German players will be able to exploit Dante's
defensive weaknesses

5:24PM BST 07 Jul 2014

Host nation Brazil will be without star player Neymar - who picked up a back injury during their quarter final win over Colombia - when they take on Germany in Tuesday's World Cup semi final.

The selecão will also be without their captian Thiago Silva who is suspended for the game.

Brazilian centre back Dante is expected to fill the void left by Silva, alongside David Luiz, but Winter predicts the Germans will be able to exploit weaknesses in the defender's game.

Although Dante is a good centre half, he "is not in Thiago Silva's league", says Winter. Furthermore, Dante, who plays for Bayern Munich in the German Bundesliga, is well known to the Germans - which could work against the Brazilians, he says.

Brazil line up against Germany at the Estadio Mineirao in Belo Horizonte at 9pm BST on Tuesday evening.